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Some students have to maintain two homes, one near their place of education, and one somewhere else.There are special rules about this for students who claim Housing Benefit:

students without partners can only get Housing Benefit on one home

couples where both students are in one of the eligible groups above, and couples where one partner is a student in one of the eligible groups and the other partner is not a student can claim Housing Benefit on both homes if it is reasonable, and if maintaining two homes is unavoidable

couples where both partners are students but only one is in an eligible group can only claim Housing Benefit for the home occupied by the eligible student

couples where one partner is a student who is not in any of the eligible groups, and the other partner is not a student can only claim Housing Benefit for the home occupied by the non-student